Tom Pullar-strecker

Comment If the Reserve Bank decides to raise the Official Cash Rate to 2.5% today, it will face few fiercer critics than Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr.

Comment The Labour Party is proposing to spend $160 million over four years increasing the take-up of home solar power if it wins the general election in November.

The Labour Party is proposing to spend $160 million over four years increasing the take-up of home solar power if it wins the general election in November.

The Reserve Bank has agreed to ease some of the monetary stimulus it has been giving the economy by raising the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 2.5%.

Comment ANALYSIS: Labour's spruiking its plan to support households that install home solar systems as “well researched, well developed” , and a plan that will put the National Party's effort in the shade.

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John Harbord, a critic of the power sector who once released a report estimating Meridian Energy had made $3.5 billion in “excess profits”, has been

About 1300 union members at the Department of Internal Affairs will strike for two hours on Monday in support of an improved pay offer, the Public Service Association says.

Genesis Energy envisaged tapping shareholders for $500 million in fresh equity, before paring that back to $400m following push-back from the Government, Treasury documents show.

“Just because it hasn't worked yet doesn't mean it's not a good idea,” he said.